Supporting the learning at home

What do you celebrate and how?

Talk about different festivals and celebrations that happen at different times of the year

Encourage mark making and name and letter sound writing

Sharing books and reading the school book regularly

Regularly practising and recognising phonemes or word building

Recognising patterns and numerals

Celebrations and Special times

Autumn Term 2 Reception

Exploring familiar and alternative seasonal celebrations

Communication, Language and Literacy:

Guided reading and writing in groups Individual reading WritedanceLearning phonics, blending and segmenting sounds Learning red tricky wordsFirework mark making, safety posterRoad safety posterLetter to SantaChristmas list writingUsing Non-fiction books related to festivals and celebrations

Important Dates: (sometimes subject to change)

- SPS FireworksSaturday 11th November

- Christingle ServiceTuesday 4th December (children only)

- Steyning Christmas Market evening

Wednesday 6th December

- Nativity performance to parents

Tuesday 12th December 9.30

- Church Carol Service (children only)

Thursday 19th December 2.00

Physical Development

Small equipment skills – beanbags, quoits and hoops

Travelling around, balancing and using low level equipment

Dance skills

Expressive, Arts and Design

Using the IWB to play Nursery rhymes and songsMusic with Mrs Pargeter - Nativity songsMark making to music – WritedanceAutumn art workDiva lamp potsRangoli patternsAccessing and making models and pictures for the role play using paint, boxes and recyclable materialsRehearsing the Nativity, playing instrumentsMaking repeating pattern Christmas wrapping paper

Understanding the World:

Recognising differences between families and peopleTalking about your family and occupations

Talk about our own familiar celebrationsLearning about Autumn festivals such as;Diwali, Fireworks Night, Hanukkah and Christmas

Exploring seasonal change

Using the IWB to decide on feelingsLearning to log onto class computersInternet safety Mathematics:

Counting amountsAdditionMatching numerals to amountsSaying and working out one more than or one less than amounts to 10Identifying patterns and recreating repeating patternsSharing amounts out fairlyOrdering numerals to 20

Religious Education:

Why is the word God important to Christians? Following instructions, forgiveness, saying sorry, The true meaning of ChristmasSpecial faith booksThe story of Christmas and acting out the Nativity Story

Personal, Social, Emotional Development:

Continuing to develop our Learning about

different feelings through whole class circle

times and stories

Learning about differences and similarities

between themselves and cultures

Being able to talk about themselves in positive

terms, e.g. I am good at…I feel proud when……